You'll need a Microsoft account to download Minecraft but that's no sweat to do. Choosing between the two versions, Java and Bedrock, is much easier than it used to be. There is no wrong choice as ...

Minecraft Java Edition players can only cross-play with people on the same version, which is relegated to PC, Mac, and Linux.

Titled Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC, the newly merged version “will become the standard and only offering of vanilla Minecraft on Windows PC,” according to Mojang’s announcement ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook But if you own one of those on the PC, you won’t have to worry about which version gets which ...

Confused? The differences are very important to those invested in Minecraft, with the most crucial being that it's easier to mod the Java edition.